Chapter 10 The Big Picture (8)
Chapter 10 Aim (Eight)
This is a life-threatening thing.
This place is more than a hundred miles away from Bianliang. The young soldiers were exhausted and ran day and night, not to mention Guo Wei, Bai Wenke, and Chang Si, an old man who was over 60 years old! However, at this critical moment, he could not contradict Guo Wei in public, so he had to accept the order loudly first and then send someone to notify Chai Rong immediately.
Fortunately, Chai Rong never let down his expectations. After catching up with him, Guo Wei changed his mind after a few words. He ordered the army to turn north and go to the city for a night to rest. He then set off tomorrow morning.
The army in front of the palace, the imperial guards, the Cangzhou army, plus Fu, Gao and Chang, totaled more than 100,000 troops, and had no relationship with each other, so they did not make corresponding preparations in advance. It was very troublesome to place the house and stayed busy until the second half of the night. Zheng Ziming, Zhao Kuangyin, Gao Huaide and others finally got a chance to rest. The three brothers found an empty house and fell asleep. However, before they could sleep well, a horn sound suddenly came from their ears. However, officials from several nearby prefectures and counties came to "protect the carriage" when they heard that the emperor personally rushed over!
"I won't come early or late. I heard that Wang Jun was defeated, so I came immediately! These fence-bearing grass are not afraid of turning too much and twisting their waists!" Gao Huaide got up very angry, patted the edge of the bed and cursed.
"They have no choice. Besides, with the emperor here, it's not our turn to talk too much in the future!" Zhao Kuangyin has been practicing as a military governor in recent years and has learned the way of becoming an official. He was afraid that Zheng Ziming would run out to do something again under the instigation of Gao Huaide, so he quickly spoke in a low voice to explain.
Zheng Ziming was not a mean person at first, and he never gave much hope for the ethics of most officials these days. So after hearing Zhao Kuangyin's words, he immediately smiled and nodded, "Second brother is right, we don't have to know the same knowledge as these mediocre talents. You two will continue to hurry up and go to bed. I will ask Pan Mei to arrange a place for them to station outside the city and wait for the emperor to deal with it tomorrow morning. Wang Jun and Wang Yin have both been arrested. At this time, no matter who comes forward, no one outside can make any trouble!"
After saying that, he ordered the personal guards who came to report the news to take their swords to find Pan Mei, and handed everything over to the latter to rest. He continued to sleep till the next day, until the bright light of the next day, and then went to pay homage to Guo Wei again, and then led the army to Bianliang as the latter ordered.
This time, the army followed the normal marching rules, resting every fifteen miles and every thirty miles. After marching for 60 miles a day, they completely stopped to camp and camp. After walking for two whole days, they arrived outside Bianliang City. Then they demarcated the area and stationed separately. They drew elite troops and reorganized the front army to guard the palace. After struggling for half a month, they finally declared peace.
During this period, the direct descendants of Wang Jun, Wang Yin and Li Chongjin were all removed from the front army of the palace. Low-level officers and ordinary soldiers were dismissed from the field. Intermediate and senior officers were either sent to prison for sentences according to the degree of their involvement in the rebellion, or sent to the northwest Zhe family to guard against various departments of the Party. Except for a few dozen people with excessive blood on their hands, most of the rest saved their lives.
The Grand Marshal Wang Yin once devoted himself to the death of Guo Wei, and later he strongly advocated the killing of those who tried to inform Chai Rong and Chang Si and their families. He was guilty and had too many enemies. Together with his younger brother Wang Gu, he was given poisonous wine by Guo Wei. Although the Privy Councilor Wang Jun was the mastermind of the entire palace-torn incident, he always insisted that he would not allow any harm to Guo Wei's life. In the end, he voluntarily gave up resistance and did not go to the dark. Therefore, Guo Wei also repaid his favor, rejected Fu Yanqing and Bai Wenke's proposal, and did not sentence Wang Jun to the extreme. He just demoted Wang Jun himself, his brother and his son, and his family to Shangzhou. Without a pardon in this life, he would not be allowed to return to Bianliang!
Almost all those involved in the "forced palace" did not end well. But there were three people, but the exception was the first. The first was the veteran general Bai Wenke. This person was originally the "secret son" who was deliberately left outside. Wang Jun led the army away from Bianliang, and the man secretly sent his confidant to establish a connection with Chang Si. Then the two of them worked together inside and outside, captured Wang Yin and rescued Guo Wei. Therefore, in this quelling the rebellion, Bai Wenke's contribution was naturally ranked first. Not only did he surpass Fu Yanqing and Gao Xingzhou who came to support thousands of miles away, he even left Chai Rong and Zheng Ziming far behind.
The second exception was a bit beyond everyone's expectations. It was Han Chongyun's father Han Pu! After he led his army to Bianliang, Zheng Ziming planned to use his contributions to offset some of his good friend's father-in-law. Unexpectedly, after inquiring, he found that Han Pu was the one who made the most efforts on the night his father-in-law Chang Si entered the city. He forced himself to use the wine pot in his hand to make all the children of the Wang family unconscious! Wang Yin completely turned into a deaf and blind man at the critical moment, and could not even find a person who informed him!
Therefore, Han Pu didn't need anyone to help him atone for his sins. With his own contribution, he passed the test safely. He was promoted several levels and became a commander again. He was ordered to work with his son Han Chongyun to assist the veteran Bai Wenke and reorganize the Longwu Imperial Guard. As for whether Han Pu had already taken Bai Wenke's line, or had made changes and successfully speculated decisively, it was unknown. The court's reward statement did not explain in detail, and Zheng Ziming was embarrassed to dig into the bottom line.
The last exception is Li Chongjin, who tried to spy on the position of the prince and colluded with Wang Jun and Wang Yin. According to the ideas of Zheng Ziming, Zhao Kuangyin and Gao Huaide, even if Li Chongjin was not killed by a poisoned wine like Wang Yin, he would at least have to be sent to the border to be a big-headed soldier! He would train hard for a few years before he would have a chance to make a comeback.
Unexpectedly, the day after Wang Jun was dealt with, Guo Wei ordered someone to bring Li Chongjin from prison to the palace. He first picked up the horse whip himself and beat the man up in front of him. Then he asked the eunuch to push him to Chai Rong and ordered him to kneel down to the prince in front of him. As for life or death, it was all in the words of the prince.
With Chai Rong's intelligence, how could he have imagined that his adoptive father could not give up his uncle and nephew and tried to let Li Chongjin go? So he simply followed the situation and pleaded for him on the grounds that his cousin Li Chongjin was young and ignorant and easily deceived by villains. Guo Wei heard this and immediately felt relieved. He first praised Chai Rong for his praise, and then forced Li Chongjin to kneel down to thank Chai Rong with a horse whip. After Chai Rong helped Li Chongjin up with his own hands, he sent him home and closed the door to think about the past!
"Although the emperor did this, he was full of family affection, he did not take the national laws seriously!" Gao Huaide and Li Chongjin had had a marriage before. Seeing that this person had committed the crime of "rebellion", he could get away with it with just one whip. He found an opportunity without outsiders and whispered to Zheng Ziming, "Your Majesty is not afraid, you are not afraid that others will follow You, or that the dog named Li can't change his shit? Anyway, no matter how big the mistake you make, it will be a whip. After ten days and half a month, you can jump around again!"
"There are not a few families left by the emperor, of course he can't do it!" Zheng Ziming, who also had few relatives around him, understood Guo Wei's actions very well. He smiled and responded in a low voice, "As for dogs who can't change their shit, he must have a chance in the future! Didn't you see? The emperor has handed over the entire palace army to the prince in the past few days. Although the imperial guards that are about to be rebuilt, Bai Wenke is in charge of the imperial guards, but Mr. Bai is already over seventy years old, so how can he put out his energy? In the end, he can't rely on Han Chongyun? He holds the imperial guards and imperial guards in Bianliang City. Who will have the chance to touch the prince in the future?"
"That's right!" Gao Huaide rolled his eyes and nodded slightly, "The emperor's strategy is very profound. We rushed to rescue him in the first place, but who would have thought that he had fallen to that level and could even turn the world around?"
"I didn't expect that, I thought I had to capture Wang Jun first, and then go to the city of Bianliang to force Wang Yin to surrender!" Zheng Ziming smiled again and nodded in admiration.
There were many things in the battle to combat the rebellion a while ago, which were beyond the expectations of his strategist. Especially the fact that Guo Wei could turn the tables in an instant without a soldier beside him, now it still makes him feel unbelievable.
But then I thought about it, how could Guo Wei be a simple person who could climb to the throne from an ordinary big-headed soldier? The reason why he was caught off guard by Wang Jun, Wang Yin and others was, on the one hand, because he suddenly became seriously ill, and on the other hand, because he was neglecting to prevent the old brothers. When he recovered his physical strength and completely put aside his old feelings, how could Wang Jun, Wang Yin and others be their opponents? If he couldn't do it well, even the actions of Chai Rong, himself, Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou and others were all within Guo Wei's plan. But everyone didn't know it!
"But let Brother Han preside over the reconstruction of the Imperial Guards, it's not like you!" Gao Huaide complained that the emperor was favored enough, and suddenly made a frustration for Zheng Ziming. His voice was not high, but he really scared the latter.
"Don't talk nonsense!" He quickly looked around and Zheng Ziming shouted loudly, "Hide, you think I'm living a peaceful life, right? He had already roasted me on the fire once. If there was an imperial guard, I would definitely be the target of public criticism!"
"What are you afraid of? Is there a prince?" Gao Huaide curled his lips. Although his voice was a little lower, his face was full of dissatisfaction. "Besides, your contribution this time is obvious. The emperor has even been promoted to Brother Han and his father by several levels. Why hasn't he rewarded you at all until now?"
"Maybe, maybe you're still thinking about it?" Zheng Ziming was quite nervous about Guo Wei's reluctance to reward him for his merits. After thinking about it, he responded with a wry smile.
After so many years, the identity of the prince of the previous dynasty was still a trouble that he could not get rid of. Even if he was as talented as Guo Wei, he would probably not be able to ignore the fact that the blood of the Later Jin royal family was flowing on him.
The crown prince is the crown prince and the emperor is the emperor. The two can never confuse each other. Crown Prince Chai Rong has a life-long friendship with him. He knows that he has no ambition and his desire for power is not very strong. However, Chai Rong's adoptive father Guo Wei did not know about these, and he has experienced countless bloody storms in his life.
When Chai Rong was accomplice with him, he was just the adopted son of the Jiedushi. He was still on the road to digging out the mystery of his own life experience. At that time, no one expected that the new army he had imagined together on the road had completely become a reality.
In the seven towns, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is no less than the legendary Silver Gun Jie Army, but the scale is several times that of Silver Gun Jie Army. In Zheng Ziming's memory, all the fragments have long been pieced together. However, all the fragments have not recorded this situation, nor have they predicted the arrival of this day!
Among the emperors of the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Siyuan should not be considered stupid. But Li Siyuan was not worried about the existence of the Silver Spear Evil Army, and would rather destroy it than tolerate him posing a threat to his throne. Is Guo Wei's mind comparable to Li Siyuan? When Chai Rong told him the true combat effectiveness and training of Hegong truthfully, what would he plan?
Chapter completed!